The former church Santo Tomé, Museum of Ávila !!!

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We were back to my dear Spain again !! love it !! We came by car of course and took time to see new areas and old repeat with some of them as introduction to my sons and our dog Rex ! I rented a small house in a off the beaten path country town that was just perfect ! I like to continue the saga of our new road warrior experiences even if now with less in our family, This post is on my latest road warrior tour of wonderful sublime Spain.  Therefore, let me tell you about the former church Santo Tomé, Museum of Ávila !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The City of Ávila is the capital of the province of Avila in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León in the kingdom of Spain. It is located 105 km from Salamanca, 70 km from Segovia, 115 km from Madrid, and 126 km from our house rental in Velliza, All on the A62, A6 and N403 to City center.

The main museum of the city is the Avila Museum, opened in 1911. The museum consists of two locations: the Casa de los Deanes, a 16C Renaissance palace that functions as the main headquarters and the former church of Santo Tomé (see pics), originally raised in the 12C, which is used as a visible warehouse,, The collections are included in three major sections: a representative of the rural culture of the province, another that collects pieces found in Abulense territory from prehistory to the 19C and finally a dedicated exclusively to Archaeological pieces found in urban excavations of the city of Ávila, The Avila Museum in Casa de los Deanes,and church of Santo Tomé, Plaza Nalvillos, 3

The Almacén Visitable or visitable warehouse of the museum is in the former Romanesque church of Santo Tomé. The church, raised in the 12C, although very renovated in the 16C with wide interior arches, maintains the original walls, facade, and capitals. Then, without cult in the 18C, it served as bread basket of the canons’s council, and confiscated in the 19C, passed to private hands. In the 20C, it was the garage España, until the State acquired it in 1964.

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Avila former ch Santo Tomé el Viejo museo stones dec24

In the visitable warehouse, the lapidary and the largest pieces are collected. The bullfighting collection of the Marquis de Benavites can be highlighted, which includes the Roman mosaic of Magazos, the sepulcher of the gentleman of Serranos de la Torre, the work of Vasco de la Zarza, and the verracos of Martiherrero.

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The Avila Museum is a cultural space. Its origin as a centennial museum institution dates back to 1911. Since 1987 it has been managed by the Junta de Castilla y León. Among its funds are pieces and works of archeology and beautiful arts, in addition to a wide ethnological catalog of the area. The main building of the museum is the Casa de los Deanes, Renaissance palace of the 16C, where the deanes of the cathedral resided, to whose neighborhood belonged. The house is distributed square around the central courtyard. They highlight its original facade, two -story adintelated with attached columns, as a Italian gallery, topped with pinnacles between lunetos; and the patio, with unique brick arches on granite columns. In both champion the canons’ council shield, emblem of the first users.

The official Museum of Avila : https://museodeavila.com/

The Avila tourist office on the former church Santo Tomé, museum of Avila : https://www.avilaturismo.com/en/st-tome-el-viejo

The Castilla y Léon regional tourist office on the former church Santo Tomé, museum of Avila : https://www.turismocastillayleon.com/en/heritage-culture/churches-chapels/church-santo-tome-el-viejo

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, Do not know when we will be back, we sure will have this trip in our hearts forever, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the former church Santo Tomé, Museum of Ávila !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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